The Road I Chose
LollyChildhood SweetheartsWinning Back the WifeTragic LoveFeel-Good Story
By the seventh year of my engagement to Tristan, he postponed our wedding for the third time. The reason was simple. His childhood sweetheart, Gabriella, had returned to the country. She had just gone through a divorce and was emotionally unstable.
Tristan personally retrieved every invitation we had sent out, his tone calm and steady. "Gabby has no one by her side right now. I can't upset her at a time like this."
I held the ring that had already been resized twice and asked, "What about me?"
Tristan glanced at me. "You're different. You're sensible."
I had been hearing that word for seven years. Sensible.
When his startup failed, I sold the old house my grandmother had left me to help